All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, February 3

Presentation

Filmmaker Artes Johnson discusses Nebraska’s DeWitty African-American Homesteaders

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Dinsdale Family Learning Commons Room: DINS 235, Stock Seed Farms Classroom
Bring your lunch and learn about the incredible history and story of Nebraska’s African-American settlement, DeWitty, from one of its descendants, Artes Johnson, filmmaker and founder of Descendants of DeWitty. Located in Nebraska’s Sandhills …
This event originated in Libraries.
Colloquium

Anton Lukyanenko, George Mason University

Experimental geometry, student engagement, and higher-dimensional continued fractions

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4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115
Computer-aided exploration and visualization can be important to both progress and appreciation of mathematics. This principle can be applied either in conducting research, or in communicating it to students—-or while engaging students in …
This event originated in Math.
Art Exhibition

First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum

Black History Month Photo and Art Exhibit

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum
The Great Plains Art Museum will host a First Friday pop up art and photo exhibition created by BlackisBeautifulNE (BIBNE) celebrating Black History Month and Black artists from Nebraska. The BIBNE non-profit was created in 2021 to show positive …
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.